General Paz Juniors
Club Atlético General Paz Juniors is a sports club located in Córdoba, Argentina. The club is mostly known for its football team, which played in the regionalised Torneo Argentino A, having also achieving a title in 1999–2000. Other sports prac ...
at the old
Chacarita Juniors
Club Atlético Chacarita Juniors (usually known simply as Chacarita) is an Argentine association football, football club headquartered in Villa Crespo, Buenos Aires, while the stadium is located in Villa Maipú, General San Martín Partido of Gre ...
stadium on Humboldt and Padilla in
Villa Crespo
Villa Crespo is a middle class neighborhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina, located in the geographical center of the city. It had a population of 83,646 people in 2001, and thus currently a population density of 23,235 inhabitants/km2. Villa Crespo ...
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Buenos Aires
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RSSSF
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San Lorenzo won the first edition of this cup, beating General Paz Juniors 8–3.
Qualified teams
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Overview
The cup was contested by 35 teams, contested by Primera División clubs and the best qualified teams from regional leagues. Teams were divided into four groups (by province), playing each other in a single
round-robin tournament
A round-robin tournament or all-play-all tournament is a competition format in which each contestant meets every other participant, usually in turn.''Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged'' (1971, G. & ...
."Copa General Pedro Pablo Ramírez 1943" by José Carluccio, 3 Apr 2009
San Lorenzo's campaign included victories over River Plate (4–2),
Estudiantes de La Plata
( lit. "La Plata Students"), simply referred to as Estudiantes de La Plata, is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Plata. The club's football team currently competes in the Primera División, where it has spent most of its histo ...
(3–2), Puerto Comercial of Ingeniero White (4–1), and arch-rival
Huracán
Huracán (; ; , "one legged"), often referred to as ''U Kʼux Kaj'', the "Heart of Sky", is a Kʼicheʼ Maya god of wind, storm, fire and one of the creator deities who participated in all three attempts at creating humanity. He also caused th ...
(2–2 so a playoff had to be scheduled; San Lorenzo won 2–1).CAMPEONATO DE LA REPUBLICA 1943 by Alberto Barja at Museo Jacobo Urso
On the other hand, General Paz Juniors defeated Sarmiento de Catamarca 6–0 , Nacional Vélez Sársfield Pacífico of Mendoza (9–6, also a.e.t.: the match had ended 5–5 on 90' and 6–6 on 120' so a new extra time of 30' were played, where General Paz scored 3 goals else),El día en que el país conoció a Juniors by Gustavo Farías at ''La Voz'', 21 Dec 2010
Newell's Old Boys
Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys () is an Argentine sports club based in Rosario, Santa Fe. The club was founded on 3 November 1903, and is named after Isaac Newell of the English county of Kent, one of the pioneers of Argentine football.
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(3–2), and
San Martín de Tucumán
Club Atlético San Martín (mostly known as San Martín de Tucumán) is an Argentine sports club founded in 1909 and based in the city of San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán Province. The club is notable for its football team, which currently plays ...
(5–4 a.e.t.). The team scored a total of 23 goals (5,75 p.g.) in only four matches played.
The final was scheduled to play at the former
Chacarita Juniors
Club Atlético Chacarita Juniors (usually known simply as Chacarita) is an Argentine association football, football club headquartered in Villa Crespo, Buenos Aires, while the stadium is located in Villa Maipú, General San Martín Partido of Gre ...
venue in
Villa Crespo
Villa Crespo is a middle class neighborhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina, located in the geographical center of the city. It had a population of 83,646 people in 2001, and thus currently a population density of 23,235 inhabitants/km2. Villa Crespo ...
,
Buenos Aires
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(where San Lorenzo had already played their home games during all the competition), on 21 December.